https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b Kaisen & Julian en-us 2023-04-06 12:20:28 UTC 2025-09-26 19:14:40 UTC hello@padlet.com julianreed169 https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2557467587 A rare disease in which comes from a gentic disorder that happens when an absence of an enzyme that helps break down the fatty substances and the genetic change that causes Tay-Sachs disease results in a deficiency of the enzyme. It happens when a child inherits a flaw meaning mutation, in the HEXA gene from both of the parents.

]]> 2023-04-17 19:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2557467587 julianreed169 https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2557467614 The disease can be inhertiated from your parents. Sometimes some children have the disease and may live into their teen years with it. Rarely some adults have a late-onset form of Tay-Sachs disease. if you have a family history tay-sach or your a member of a high-risk group/family and plan to have children in the future.]]> 2023-04-17 19:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2557467614 julianreed169 https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2557467661 Symptoms of the infantile Tay-Sachs disease starts when a child is 3-6 months old. The symptoms of the Tay-Sachs includes,being overly startled by noises and movement, being very slow when reaching  milestones like learning to crawl, losing skills they have already learnt
floppiness and weakness in which itll keep getting worse until the baby is (paralysis) as well as muscle stiffness. The child could Esspically have difficulty swallowing, loss of vision and/or hearing. (This fatal condition can occur around 3 to 5 years of age)]]> 2023-04-17 19:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2557467661 julianreed169 https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2557467736 How can you treat tay-sachs you may ask? well... you cant because there are no treatments for the disease pesenlty, there are anticonvulsant medicine that may initially control seizures. But other supportive treatment includes: proper nutrition & hydration & techniques to keep the airway open. But eventually Children may need a feeding tube so they can get the nutrition & hydration they will need.]]> 2023-04-17 19:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2557467736 julianreed169 https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2557467998 In the last slide of treatment the disease there are no successful one. But there is   significant research into therapeutic techniques that will bring about for the treatment of the disease so that way among the most promising research there will be a point in time they'll be anm enzyme replacement therapy.]]> 2023-04-17 19:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2557467998 kaisenbrewster505 https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2560607019 The name originates in 1881, named after the British "ophthalmologist"  Warren Tay, The scientific name of this disease is "GM2 gangliosidosis.", A rare disease discovered by Warren Tay, which lead to it being named after him.

[https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Tay-Sachs-Disease.aspx#:~:text=The%20disease%20is%20named%20after,in%20the%20Eastern%20European%20Jewish%20(]]]> 2023-04-19 18:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2560607019 kaisenbrewster505 https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2560626904 The organization NSTAD (National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases) is a Nation wide organization that fights to treat and cure victims of Tay-Sachs, along with a few other diseases, supporting families and the victims of this disease as they fight. Being the oldest advocacy group in the country, they focus on supporting over 750 families across the country!




[https://rarediseases.org/organizations/national-tay-sachs-allied-diseases-association-inc-ntsad/] ]]> 2023-04-19 19:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2560626904 kaisenbrewster505 https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2562110757 2023-04-20 16:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2562110757 kaisenbrewster505 https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2562112033 2023-04-20 16:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2562112033 kaisenbrewster505 https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2562121121 2023-04-20 16:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mwtrimnal/lkxd7efdq6r79l6b/wish/2562121121